The Funded Residency Program at The Farm Margaret River provides artists with a residency fee, studio accommodation to develop site-responsive work within a five-to eight-week period. 

  
The residency is focused on site-specific projects, created during an eight-week period through research and collaboration while living at The Farm. The Farm offers space and time for artists, as individuals or a group, to consider our place in the natural environment, surrounded by the ancient beauty of South West Western Australia. Any work that arises from the residency or from collaborations should reflect your time spent at The Farm. You will be supported to share your work with the local community. There are a number of specific outcomes for the residency, itemised below.

  
* Artists must write an article, essay or other contribution reflecting on the artist’s experience and their work created at the residency. This writing may be published online.
* Artists must deliver an experience at the property through which the local community can engage with the artist and the residency such as a workshop, talk, open studio, exhibition or tour.
* Artists must create site-specific artwork on the property based generally on the proposal set out in the artist’s entry application for the residency and the artist’s previous works.
* The artist consents to, and agrees to cooperate with TFMR in, professional documentation of the artist’s participation in the residency and their artwork by film, photography and audio recording, at TFMR’s expense.
* The artist is encouraged, but not obliged, to donate to TFMR part or all of any site-specific artwork that is not permanently or temporarily fixed to the property.

**The residency includes:**

* A $7,500 residency fee
* Self-contained studio accommodation
* Opportunities for mentorship and connections with major arts organizations
* Project support and initial travel expenses to the property
* Access to a gallery space, workshop, working farm, and natural bushland, fostering a rich and inspiring creative environment

2026 Funded Residency in Western Australia

A leading Arts Residency program in Western Australia, offering a unique opportunity for artists to develop work that engages thoughtfully with the land.

  
With a specific focus on site-responsive projects, the Residency provides an immersive space for creative inquiry, fostering connections between the artist(s), environment, and community. It supports artists who are committed to rigorous research, experimentation, and dialogue—encouraging new ways of thinking about land and our relationship to it .

  
Now in its eighth year, The Farm’s Residency program continues to cultivate a dynamic exchange between contemporary art and Country, supporting artists who seek to push conceptual and material boundaries in response to a unique Western Australian regional setting.

  
The Farm Margaret River Artist in Residence program welcomes applications from Australian and international artists whose work engages with place, environment, and materiality. Proposals should demonstrate originality, thoughtful site responsivity, and a commitment to creating meaningful discourse about land and our connection to it.
  
  

The residency includes:

\- A $7,500 residency fee

\- Self-contained studio accommodation

\- Opportunities for mentorship and connections with major arts organisations

\- Project support and initial travel expenses to the property

\- Access to a gallery space, workshop, working farm, and natural bushland, fostering a rich and inspiring creative environment

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